Homemade knives

[Danomite]

Couple of file knives. Made out of a big ol halfround file I found in a pawn shop for $1
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How are you drilling holes for the pins in that file? I have ruined a lot of drill bits trying to do that in knives I’ve made from files and just end up epoxying handles on. I have probably 15 files and rasps and another 25 or so planer/jointer/hand plane blades that I’d like to make knives from but don’t want to unless I can put pins in them. Really nice knives by the way!

 

[larsencole]

How are you drilling holes for the pins in that file? I have ruined a lot of drill bits trying to do that in knives I’ve made from files and just end up epoxying handles on. I have probably 15 files and rasps and another 25 or so planer/jointer/hand plane blades that I’d like to make knives from but don’t want to unless I can put pins in them. Really nice knives by the way!

I anneal the file. Heat it up to around 1600F and then let it cool down as slow as possible. I usually just leave it in my forge when I'm done with the hammer work, shut the gas off, and walk away. Takes about 45 minutes to cool down to where I can handle it. The files usually drill fairly easily then. But afterwards you gotta re-heat treat the blade.
If you don't have a forge you can anneal most carbon steels using a torch and a bucket of vermiculite.

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[Danomite]

I anneal the file. Heat it up to around 1600F and then let it cool down as slow as possible. I usually just leave it in my forge when I'm done with the hammer work, shut the gas off, and walk away. Takes about 45 minutes to cool down to where I can handle it. The files usually drill fairly easily then. But afterwards you gotta re-heat treat the blade.
If you don't have a forge you can anneal most carbon steels using a torch and a bucket of vermiculite.

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Thanks for the explanation. I've just been buying annealed blanks and then mailing off for heat treat. I may try the torch and vermiculite method for my stuff on hand.

 

[Mahiman]

Awesome knives guys!! You all are artists!!

 

[BoTheHunter]

Glad to see some others work!
Here are a few I've completed during quarantine

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I love the one with the elk sheath, the handle kind of looks like fur.